03/11/2025
📢 Intervento di Franz Martinelli, Presidente dell’Associazione Gi.&Me. Association - Associazione Rotariani per i Giovani del Mediterraneo, al workshop internazionale
🌍 “Opportunities for innovation, development and valorization of agri-food supply chains in the Mediterranean”
Good afternoon everyone.
I'm Franz Martinelli, President of Gi.&Me Association, whose work focuses on education, capacity building and entrepreneurship for young people in the Mediterranean basin, including Blue Economy and Green Economy sectors.
I warmly greet the participants in this international workshop.
This initiative aims to provide information and expertise to support planning, programming and design in the agri-food sector between Italy and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries.
Before hearing all our very important speakers, both in person and remotely, I will like to take a step back and mention two important projects in the agri-food sector in which Gi.&Me. has been a partner.
The first one, called "ANCIENT GRAINS OF TUNISIA", that is a microeconomic project to protect and support biodiversity in its territories. Its goal was to promote, through ancient Tunisian grains (Mahmoudi, Schili, Biskri, etc.), the agricultural heritage and food (culinary) traditions as shared resources among Mediterranean countries, by activating the tourism in the agri-food sector.
The second one, called SWITCHtoHEALTY (www.switchtohealty.eu
), brought together 18 prestigious public and private organizations from 8 countries on both sides of the Mediterranean (Italy, Egypt, Spain, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey). The project aims to review the dietary model in the Mediterranean, relaunching the goodness of the Mediterranean Diet, reinforzing the role of families in the approach to meals in conviviality and in an effective communication strategy for sustainable and healthy nutrition for families.
The project is supported by the European Union and included in the PRIMA Programme and coordinated by ENCO srl.
More information can be obtained by visiting our website: www.assgimed.com
We strongly believe in European planning as a tool for generating synergies and creating new development opportunities.
In collaboration with Assoeuro, for the activities we have already undertaken together, we are working to define a virtuous model of European planning dedicated to sustainable food.
I wish you a good continuation of the works and I remain available to relaunch new synergies.
🌱 Gi.&Me. Association - Associazione Rotariani per i Giovani del Mediterraneo continua a , e sviluppo sostenibile nel bacino del , con particolare attenzione ai giovani, alla formazione e ai settori della Blue e Green Economy.
Assoeuro - Associazione Italiana Europrogettisti - EU Project Manager CEREALIA - La Festa dei Cereali Mediterraneo e Medio Oriente Oggi: problemi e prospettive